How well did the non-voice controls work? MS has so far had issues with my accent, and I'd be surprised if we get Norwegian voice recognition - so I'm more interested in how well that Win8-like interface works with a gamepad.

If you use the Xbox as the family entertainment center, what is the deal with the Xbox live subscription? Do every family member need a Gold account to access Netflix for example?

If my 6 years old log in, will the material / content be the appropriate one for her age?

I understand the value of the Gold subscription If I like to play games connected to a community. But if you are not a gamer that needs to connect to the gamers community, does it still makes sense to buy the xbox, or better go with a PS4 that let's you connect free to Netflix, Amazon....?

If you use the Xbox as the family entertainment center, what is the deal with the Xbox live subscription? Do every family member need a Gold account to access Netflix for example?

If my 6 years old log in, will the material / content be the appropriate one for her age?

I understand the value of the Gold subscription If I like to play games connected to a community. But if you are not a gamer that needs to connect to the gamers community, does it still makes sense to buy the xbox, or better go with a PS4 that let's you connect free to Netflix, Amazon....?

I don't own a console, but from my understanding PS4 is going to start charging for online services as welll. I could be totally wrong on this, but from what I've read online (grain of salt), the new PS4 is going to require an online subscription.

If you use the Xbox as the family entertainment center, what is the deal with the Xbox live subscription? Do every family member need a Gold account to access Netflix for example?

If my 6 years old log in, will the material / content be the appropriate one for her age?

I understand the value of the Gold subscription If I like to play games connected to a community. But if you are not a gamer that needs to connect to the gamers community, does it still makes sense to buy the xbox, or better go with a PS4 that let's you connect free to Netflix, Amazon....?

If you use the Xbox as the family entertainment center, what is the deal with the Xbox live subscription? Do every family member need a Gold account to access Netflix for example?

If my 6 years old log in, will the material / content be the appropriate one for her age?

I understand the value of the Gold subscription If I like to play games connected to a community. But if you are not a gamer that needs to connect to the gamers community, does it still makes sense to buy the xbox, or better go with a PS4 that let's you connect free to Netflix, Amazon....?

I don't own a console, but from my understanding PS4 is going to start charging for online services as welll. I could be totally wrong on this, but from what I've read online (grain of salt), the new PS4 is going to require an online subscription.

The PS4 doesn't require a PS+ subscription to watch netflix and hulu etc. Even some F2P games like Planetside 2 don't require PS+. I would suggest PS4 because even with PS+ you get free games, (I haven't bought a game in a long time on my ps3 because of it).

How well did the non-voice controls work? MS has so far had issues with my accent, and I'd be surprised if we get Norwegian voice recognition - so I'm more interested in how well that Win8-like interface works with a gamepad.

They worked fine... Very similar to puttering around on the 360 with a controller.

If you use the Xbox as the family entertainment center, what is the deal with the Xbox live subscription? Do every family member need a Gold account to access Netflix for example?

If my 6 years old log in, will the material / content be the appropriate one for her age?

I understand the value of the Gold subscription If I like to play games connected to a community. But if you are not a gamer that needs to connect to the gamers community, does it still makes sense to buy the xbox, or better go with a PS4 that let's you connect free to Netflix, Amazon....?

I don't own a console, but from my understanding PS4 is going to start charging for online services as welll. I could be totally wrong on this, but from what I've read online (grain of salt), the new PS4 is going to require an online subscription.

The PS4 doesn't require a PS+ subscription to watch netflix and hulu etc. Even some F2P games like Planetside 2 don't require PS+. I would suggest PS4 because even with PS+ you get free games, (I haven't bought a game in a long time on my ps3 because of it).

Edited for clarity... I need some tea

Is that for sure? Not trying to call you out or anything! Any source for it?

If you use the Xbox as the family entertainment center, what is the deal with the Xbox live subscription? Do every family member need a Gold account to access Netflix for example?

If my 6 years old log in, will the material / content be the appropriate one for her age?

I understand the value of the Gold subscription If I like to play games connected to a community. But if you are not a gamer that needs to connect to the gamers community, does it still makes sense to buy the xbox, or better go with a PS4 that let's you connect free to Netflix, Amazon....?

The Gold sub is needed for Netflix on the 360, I assume that will be the same on the One. And Netflix and the 360 does have a kid-only mode.

What will happen if the Xboner is caught masturbating in front of the Kinect-mandatory Xbox One? Will it report the Xboner for inappropriate behavior and shutdown the system? Will it record the action and resell it for profit?

If you use the Xbox as the family entertainment center, what is the deal with the Xbox live subscription? Do every family member need a Gold account to access Netflix for example?

If my 6 years old log in, will the material / content be the appropriate one for her age?

I understand the value of the Gold subscription If I like to play games connected to a community. But if you are not a gamer that needs to connect to the gamers community, does it still makes sense to buy the xbox, or better go with a PS4 that let's you connect free to Netflix, Amazon....?

I don't own a console, but from my understanding PS4 is going to start charging for online services as welll. I could be totally wrong on this, but from what I've read online (grain of salt), the new PS4 is going to require an online subscription.

The PS4 doesn't require a PS+ subscription to watch netflix and hulu etc. Even some F2P games like Planetside 2 don't require PS+. I would suggest PS4 because even with PS+ you get free games, (I haven't bought a game in a long time on my ps3 because of it).

Edited for clarity... I need some tea

Is that for sure? Not trying to call you out or anything! Any source for it?

It's all in there. Look at the PS+ part and what's free for those without it for more details. You can also create an account for a kid and use parental controls to block what games, movies can be played by them.

I know it's unlikely, but were you able to have the voice commands tested by someone with a non-US accent? My accent is fairly neutral (certainly not a broad 'Strine, Bogan, or Ocker accent, anyway), but I know enough people who had to put on a Californian accent to get Siri to work that I have my doubts about any new voice-based technology.

Wife: John? John? Did you now the lawn? ...Wife: did you now the lawn yet?Me: I'm playing xbox. Quit naggingXbox: now quitting. Bye John

I can imagine other scenarios where xbone calculates taxi fare to nearest cinema to get the wife out of the house, or Xbox reminds you it's "porn surfing time" when you have the in laws over. It may even suggest it's beer o'clock!

After watching the video I am not that impressed, there was some noticeable lag between the kinect input and action. It also doesn't address what if you don't want to get notification pop ups sometime.

If you are getting notifications so much I can see how for me it would get very distracting and annoying.

Also I would like to see how this console works without a xbox live gold subscription.

How well did the non-voice controls work? MS has so far had issues with my accent, and I'd be surprised if we get Norwegian voice recognition - so I'm more interested in how well that Win8-like interface works with a gamepad.

Don't worry: none of the really nice services will work outside the US anyway so you're not going to miss much.

How well did the non-voice controls work? MS has so far had issues with my accent, and I'd be surprised if we get Norwegian voice recognition - so I'm more interested in how well that Win8-like interface works with a gamepad.

Thanks to this post, I now have a mental image of the Swedish Chef trying to use the Xbox One, and can't stop laughing. So thanks for brightening my morning!

After watching the video I am not that impressed, there was some noticeable lag between the kinect input and action. It also doesn't address what if you don't want to get notification pop ups sometime.

If you are getting notifications so much I can see how for me it would get very distracting and annoying.

Also I would like to see how this console works without a xbox live gold subscription.

I was also watching for the delay, and it didn't seem bad. Maybe 1 to 5 seconds switching between applications. Think about how long it takes now to switch from, say, a game to Netflix, or from Netflix to Amazon Video. For my PS3, it's anywhere from 30 to 45 seconds. So switching in 1 or 2 seconds (and having a voice option) is really, really nice.

I'm sure notifications can be turned off. I'd be really surprised (and annoyed) if they didn't offer that feature.

Wow, that looks incredibly clean. But I wonder how long before they drown it with Ads just like they did with the Xbox360's interface.

Did the ads really bother people that much? My sister has an xbox and I didn't even notice the ads until my nephew pointed them out.

Yes, they did. I fucking hate my 360 dashboard these days because of the ads.

Me too. Doesn't look like they even tried to fix that. It's like if all of Ars's content was in the right hand side where the banner ads are now and ads just covered the entire middle. The balance between ads and not ads is horribly skewed IMO. Now since I don't have Live Gold anyways so I can't use any the apps I just autoboot straight to disc. Hopefully Xbox One will still have that.

I know it's unlikely, but were you able to have the voice commands tested by someone with a non-US accent? My accent is fairly neutral (certainly not a broad 'Strine, Bogan, or Ocker accent, anyway), but I know enough people who had to put on a Californian accent to get Siri to work that I have my doubts about any new voice-based technology.

Actually, Pinero's accent was quite thick, and it still recognized him just fine.